158 FLORA OF MICHIGAN. 



* 1538. P. CRUS-GALLJ, L. Barnyard-Grass. 

 Low grounds. Variable. Common. 



*1539. var. hispidum, Gray. 



Low river bank near Hubbardston where it appears to be indigenous. 



479. SETARIA, Beauv. BRISTLY FOXTAIL GRASS. 



* 1540. S. VERTICILLATA, Beauv. 

 College grounds. 



*1541. S. GLAUCA, Beauv. Foxtail. Pigeon-Grass. 

 Fields and gardens. Common. 



* 1542. S. VIRIDIS, Beauv. Green Foxtail. Bottle-Grass. 

 Cultivated grounds. Common. 



*1543. S. ITALICA, Kunth. Millet. Hungarian Grass. 

 Persisting after cultivation in places. 



48O. cfttfCHRTJS, L. HEDGEHOG- OR BUR-GRASS. 



*1544. C. tribuloides, L. 



This bad weed has began to occupy the S. part of the State, as far north as Bay City. Not as yet 

 troublesome in fields, but likely to become so on sandy farms along the Great Lakes. 



481. LEERSIA, Swartz. WHITE GRASS. 



*1545. L. Virgiiiica, Willd. Th. 



Wet woods. Northward to Keweenaw Co., F, Frequent. 



*1546. L. oryzoides, Swartz, Rice Cut-grass. Th. 



River banks. Frequent. 



482. ZIZAXIA, Gronov. WATER OR INDIAN RICE. 



*1547. Z. aquatica, L. Indian Rice. Water Oats. Th. 



Borders of large streams and lakes. Yields an edible grain, gathered by the Indians, and greedily 

 eaten by wild ducks which haunt lakes and rivers during its ripening in innumerable numbers. 



483. ANDROPOGON, Royen. BEARD-GRASS. 



*1548. A. furcatus, Muhl. Th. 



Light soil. Common. 



*1549. A. scoparius, Michx. L. P. 



Sterile soil. Frequent. 



484. CRYSOPOGON, Trln. 



*1550. C. nutans, Benth. Indian Grass. Wood-Grass. C, & S. 



Dry banks and sandy fields. Variable. Infrequent. 



485. PHALARIS, L. CANARY-GRASS. 



1551. P. CANARIENSIS, L. Canary-Grass. 

 Occasionally found in waste places. 



* 1552. P. arundiiiacea, L. Reed Canary- Grass. Th. 



Borders of streams. " Var. picta, the leaves striped with white, is the familiar ribbon-grass of 

 the garden," -Gray's Manual. Ann Arbor, Prof . M. W. Harrington; S. Mich., Winch. Cat.; Macomb 

 Co.; Flint; Hubbardston; northward to L. Superior, Whitney Cat. 



486. ANTHOXANTHUM, L. SWEET VERNAL-GRASS. 



*1553. A. ODORATUM, L. 

 Ionia ; Grand Rapids, Coleman Cat; well established on the College lawn. Bare. 



487. HIEROCHLOE, Gmelin. HOLY GRASS. 

 1554. H. borealis, Roem. & Schultes. Vanilla or Seneca Grass. Th. 



Not confined to the shores of the Great Lakes; rarely found in the central part of the State at Ionia ; 

 Hubbardston; Macomb Co. ; Flint; S. E., Winch. Cat., etc. More common northward. 



